Wine Advocate-Parker :Tasted at the château, the 1996 Calon Segur is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. This was always a feted wine in its youth by Robert Parker and myself. Now at 20 years of age there is fine delineation on the nose with more detail than the 1986 tasted alongside. The oak is a little more present here (50% in this vintage) married with plenty of redcurrant, cedar, loam and undergrowth aromas. These aromatics can develop further. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin on the entry, perhaps one of the most youthful and backward of the 1996s that I tasted during my visits. It feels firm in the mouth, masculine, very Saint Estèphe. To critique this wine, the oak is not quite knitted to the fruit as much as it should after two decades (something that has been addressed now). It is an enjoyable Calon-Segur if not quite matching up to my admittedly high expectations. Tasted July 2016.

Country

France

Area

Bordeaux

Appellation

Saint-Estephe

Classification

3e cru classe

Vineyard

Medoc

Wine certification

AOC

Producer

Château Calon Ségur

Color

Red

Dessert wine

No

Alcohol

12.5

Grape varieties

Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Petit Verdot

Parker

91

J. Robinson

17

Wine Spectator

90

R. Gabriel

18

Environment

Conventional viticulture

Allergens

Contains sulphites

Light prices

£148.33

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Quantity

Millesima offers Chateau Calon-Segur, purchased exclusively from their producing estates. In stock in our cellars in Bordeaux in their original case from the Château or Estate.